gunner

Example Sentences

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“We wanted to get something that represented our jobs, our service, fighting in Fallujah and Ramadi as machine gunners,” he said in a video posted on Instagram Wednesday, referring to his service in Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal

Dougie Shelley joined the Royal Navy at the age of 17, serving as a seaman gunner, and said earlier this year: "There is not many of us left."

From BBC

Two flatbed trucks were driven out into a clearing – on the back of each a heavy machine gun and a gunner, scanning the skies.

From BBC

"The others had half wings – one was an observer and the other a rear gunner."

From BBC

Mr Morris joined the Army at the age of 17 and during the war served as an anti-aircraft gunner in the Royal Artillery.

From BBC